© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 2

 

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: Brad Payne, Economist

Across Wyoming’s 23 counties, most unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal patterns and increased from November to December.

 

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate
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REGION Dec Nov Dec Dec Nov Dec Dec Nov Dec Dec Nov Dec
County 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
                               
NORTHWEST 46,049 46,547 45,173 43,646 44,502 42,496 2,403 2,045 2,677 5.2 4.4 5.9
Big Horn 5,755 5,843 5,635 5,501 5,645 5,340 254 198 295 4.4 3.4 5.2
Fremont 18,746 18,924 18,402 17,561 17,913 17,084 1,185 1,011 1,318 6.3 5.3 7.2
Hot Springs 2,245 2,276 2,250 2,162 2,209 2,139 83 67 111 3.7 2.9 4.9
Park 14,823 14,976 14,409 14,086 14,332 13,652 737 644 757 5.0 4.3 5.3
Washakie 4,480 4,528 4,477 4,336 4,403 4,281 144 125 196 3.2 2.8 4.4
                               
NORTHEAST 47,531 47,976 46,703 45,755 46,460 44,816 1,776 1,516 1,887 3.7 3.2 4.0
Campbell 22,949 23,074 22,506 22,164 22,392 21,690 785 682 816 3.4 3.0 3.6
Crook 2,848 2,950 2,816 2,717 2,829 2,703 131 121 113 4.6 4.1 4.0
Johnson 3,880 3,974 3,824 3,759 3,876 3,691 121 98 133 3.1 2.5 3.5
Sheridan 14,590 14,673 14,288 13,951 14,150 13,604 639 523 684 4.4 3.6 4.8
Weston 3,264 3,305 3,269 3,164 3,213 3,128 100 92 141 3.1 2.8 4.3
                               
SOUTHWEST 54,767 54,594 53,220 52,558 52,359 50,572 2,209 2,235 2,648 4.0 4.1 5.0
Lincoln 6,721 6,817 6,616 6,334 6,494 6,146 387 323 470 5.8 4.7 7.1
Sublette 3,458 3,550 3,342 3,354 3,456 3,255 104 94 87 3.0 2.6 2.6
Sweetwater 21,021 21,229 20,076 20,263 20,520 19,103 758 709 973 3.6 3.3 4.8
Teton 11,829 11,169 11,713 11,429 10,548 11,237 400 621 476 3.4 5.6 4.1
Uinta 11,738 11,829 11,473 11,178 11,341 10,831 560 488 642 4.8 4.1 5.6
                               
SOUTHEAST 75,539 75,812 73,366 72,801 73,377 70,826 2,738 2,435 2,540 3.6 3.2 3.5
Albany 20,316 20,187 19,218 19,906 19,835 18,843 410 352 375 2.0 1.7 2.0
Goshen 6,153 6,341 6,156 5,974 6,189 5,958 179 152 198 2.9 2.4 3.2
Laramie 43,697 43,783 42,600 41,817 42,115 40,920 1,880 1,668 1,680 4.3 3.8 3.9
Niobrara 1,071 1,122 1,138 1,031 1,078 1,067 40 44 71 3.7 3.9 6.2
Platte 4,302 4,379 4,254 4,073 4,160 4,038 229 219 216 5.3 5.0 5.1
                               
CENTRAL 50,786 50,926 49,142 48,384 48,719 46,726 2,402 2,207 2,416 4.7 4.3 4.9
Carbon 7,859 8,050 7,692 7,393 7,641 7,331 466 409 361 5.9 5.1 4.7
Converse 6,191 6,357 6,179 5,931 6,096 5,820 260 261 359 4.2 4.1 5.8
Natrona 36,736 36,519 35,271 35,060 34,982 33,575 1,676 1,537 1,696 4.6 4.2 4.8
                               
STATEWIDE 274,674 275,855 267,606 263,144 265,417 255,437 11,530 10,438 12,169 4.2 3.8 4.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted .............................................................................................................................................. 4.0 4.0 4.4
U.S.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5.4 5.6 5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted.......................................................................................................................................................... 5.7 5.9 6.0
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/03.  Run Date 01/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.     (r) Revised.     (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE:  The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.  
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.

 

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